Thursday, March 29, 2012

Well, well, I cannot believe how fast I put Week 11 together! I got it done this week in scraps of time, and I am quite pleased with how it turned out! Now I just need to do Week 12 (last week) and the current week to be all caught up. :)

I do have a reason for not working harder on catching up, though. I signed up for a 3-week art class (that started in Week 11), and I'm having so much fun with it that it's hard to find time for everything! Add to that the fact that I was out of town last week (Week 12), and I am majorly behind with my crafty projects. But it's all good! :) Anyway, here's the workshop I'm taking:

I am absolutely loving it! I am totally, completely new to all of these techniques, but it's so much fun to try! I know I never would have tried these things out if it weren't for the class. During the first week, I did my very first experiment with watercolors, and made these darling cupcakes:

I used this as a card for my mom's birthday! I couldn't believe I made it! :) DH even paid me a huge compliment (very unlike him!), saying that I should sell these! :)
Then last night I added paint and modeling paste to the mix, and I made this:

Isn't it just adorable?? But let's back to my Project Life. :) Here's Week 11!

I kept things really easy this week, using only paper supplies (the Dear Lizzy Neapolitan line). Here is a closer look at the two pages.

DH was out of town most of the week, but he was sweet enough to email me several pictures while he was away, so I included them in the album (I'm happy to report that I've made him addicted to instagram too! ;)).

I have not started working on Week 12 yet, but I plan to keep things super simple for that week too, so I hope to have something to share over the weekend.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

I knew I would fall behind with my Project Life album the week of my thesis proposal, and indeed it happened. After Week 7, I didn't do any pages until last week. Week 9 was the actual week of my proposal, but I had no time to do anything the week leading to it. So I found myself with 3 weeks to catch up, plus the current week. I am happy to report I have finished three weeks (8-10) two weeks ago. I didn't have time to share pictures before now unfortunately, since it has been a super stressful week. But here is Week 8:

The Sunday of Week 8 was the Oscars ceremony, so I used the movie theme for the whole week. I went with a black, white and red color scheme. Here's a look at the individual pages:

I was alone for most of the week, and didn't have much to document other than a snow storm and some crafty shopping ;), but I still found out I had plenty of photos to fit in this spread. :)

I didn't want to bother covering up the journaling (sorry... seriously pressed for time here!) so there are no closeups of Week 8. But that's OK, because it means we can move along directly to Week 9... and Week 9 is a big favorite of mine! ;)

I went with products from the March BYOC at The Lilypad, and that never disappoints! :) Here's a closer look to the pages:

At the bottom left, top right and bottom right I used postcards/business cards from a few restaurants we went to.

I also had lots of fun using my new Studio Calico stamps this week. Here are some details:

I used digi stuff, stamps, and alphas. Fun!

I stuffed all kinds of memorabilia in this pocket! It is very dimensional, and I attached everything with washi tape. Fun!

More alpha stamps and stamps mixed in with digi cards.

Gosh, these colors make me so happy! All right, let's move on to week 10 now. I made an insert using a 6"x12" pocket since I had some extra photos this week. Here's what the full spread looks like, with the insert:

And here are the individual pages. Left:

I scanned a coupon from Starbucks (bottom left) since I loved how it looked. :)

Insert (front and back):

I used a business card from the restaurant (blocked out, sorry). I did lots of stitching this week, which was fun since I hadn't done any for a few weeks! For the inserts, I made 3 6"x4" cards for each side, and stitched them together.

And right:

(again, I blocked out the business cards in these photos)

In week 10 DH and I went away for 2 days (he was on a short business trip, and I went along), but it was a getaway full of drama... I tripped in my laptop's power cord and the computer came crashing down from the bed to the floor... Ack! But I was incredibly lucky. Not only didn't the laptop suffer significant damage (only the screen wasn't working anymore), but my DH was able to open it up and fix it, so it is working just as before! Phew! But let me tell you, I passed several minutes of pure terror!

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

My goodness, I haven't blogged in ages! I was out of town last week so I didn't have anything to share, but I am putting together a Project Life post - look for that tomorrow. :) But in the meantime, I do have something to show! creashens has a new kit in the store today. It was included in the Digi Files a while back, but it was new to me and I had fun using it!

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

It's time for the usual mid-week sale at The Lilypad. A bunch of products are 50% off today only for Something Old, Something New. I used a few of them to scrap two pages. In fact, I only used products by guest designers today. First off, this fun kit by Lauren Grier:

Those kitties are just adorable! Then I used this very fun bling pack by Kim Jensen:

Sunday, March 4, 2012

I am so excited to share my first page for creashens's CT! It was tough to pick which kit to start with from Shen's beautiful store, but since I had these pictures in mind, I had to go with this fun kit: